Girl in Kashgar's old town

A little girl in traditional Uyghur garment is posing in the dusty streets of Kashgar's old town, conveying the innocence and fragility of a child, but at the same time also the maturity and seriousness of someone who needs to grow up quickly in the harsh, unprotected life of West Xinjiang.

Buying a carpet on Kashgar's sunday market

Uyghur man doing trade on Kashgar's Sunday Market

Among the loud, colorful, exciting jumble that is the Sunday Market of Kashgar, we hear the loud exclamations of traders trying to move through the pulsating masses with fully loaded donkey carts, shouting "Boish Boish", which can be freely translated as "Coming this way!" .

The Artist

Shanghai-based artist Chris Rayn explores urban transformation, the perennial change of nature and existential questions of the individual in one of the world's fastest-moving metropolises.
While drawing from the canvas of nature in authentic motives, his visual language is renowned for meticulous compositions, deep contrasts and rich colors.